The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-01

| V1te all. Colnlauc9 and citizens to Qtteul
their exhibit and announce that on satur
day night the delicious fruit will be siye,
to al. Tens Of thouaands OF people hsy,
filed down the aislos between the ri,
tables, each 200 ieot long. During tn,
week the comrades claim that a quarter O
million Of people havs been there. A
nand gives continual corcsrts In the tn
termisaion. sgJ GS5BE 80 n :.
| THE ENcAMrMEHT. ~
All interent now, howoyer, conters il
tho encampment, aud hundreds flock tc
tho Exposition Hall to DO near to catct
tho frat word Of any occurrence OF i'm
portauce. lq .5'' i 4 sl'I-
Gencrsl slocum is minslng with the
delegstcs making every effort TO retrieve
lost ground. he was received In hiu head
Quarters laat night by many veteraas who
called to pay their respects to tho gallant
soldier. 5sji,,} - -" -
AN INFAMous LIE. 4. j Z,
The Encampment wag called to order al
9 a. NJ. The report Of the Inspector
General was adopted with slight amcnd.
msnts. III slas@ IL sl5a sE8
Dsath, Of Pennsylvania, called alten.
ton to an article in ons OF the 81, Louia
morning papers, in which 1t was stated
that he had said there never was Dem.
ocra!ic comnander-in-chicf Of ths G. A, r,
and by the eternal God there never wonld
pc. lie characterized tho statement as an
infamous lie and slander. Z .syy7Fi5J .l4l1l ]
Reynolds, OF Nsw York. uaid that M
member OF tho Now York delegation would
claim that any such statement had been
made. BsNth replied that he had no
doubt 1t was lie out OF whole cloth, 1,
Turner, Of Nsw York, roas to q question
OF privilege, md ssid that yesterday the
same paper stated that he was putting the
Emile undar Slocunl'a ribs, and said il was
an absolute lie, and futtherm orc, on the
25sh OF July, the ssms paper published
an editorial on the pension Question. in
which 1t stated that lie. had been g.to-
gether pleasant for Turner gince the war
closed, and that it was not too mueh 10
say that ho would not have his legs back
under any consideration. He said that
ncshiug fitted such statements az that ex.
cspt in plain ssxon-they lied. - {
The report Of the Committee on Rsso.
solutions, which was given last night in
full, waa then taken up. . a .53IE,'7sII5 : :.
Grcsvoner, Of Ohio, spoke in favor OF
the report, and said he he'd as much feel.
ing upon the psneion question as any
other man, but De stood 90 the represe en-.
tatlVa OF a boty OF men greater than the
President OF the United S:ases, greater
than the Congrega Of the United States.
snd more dignided in their ut.srancps
than the President had shown bimseli TO
be. He sAid the question was more i'm.
portaat than any other that had been
aubmitted in the National Eacsmpment.
That question was what the Encamp-
ment ought to do--whether It ought to
make platforms for political pcrties. Of
ought to state itn position in a digniied
manner SO though there never had bsen
a President OF the United States Ho
asid the Grand Army nhould stand as a
mountain stsnds upon the plain regardless
Of what was a!rthp foot OF il, proclaim.
ing IN energetic words that i. was in favor
OF this peneion legialetion and opposed to
every attack upon tho interests OF tho
aoldieFa. t5 5.4i .5' :i5.s, =, 30
sl1Vandervoot's anendmont yaa over-
.yhelmi1gly defeated. and the report of
she COMMITTEES WAS adopted by a vote OF
III TIE RESOLUTION. .3ae5; !. 4 \.
Tho following is Yandoryoo1.'s resolu.
tion, which was sdop!ed. }.5:
!, Resolved, That while ws feel that no
body OF citizens csn have a more exalted
respect than we ior the oillco Of the Presi-
dent: of the United States for We hays
manifested this by services and gncri6cas
such SO tho world hss never econ euualled
yet this does not obscure our pssception
Or deprive 81 IA g OF ~ thu 'tiE rioht
to blame the ae!s OF the INCUMBENT of thss
high position OF deprive us OF the right
OF criticism o. our public sosvant, which
ia one OF tho dearest praroeatiyes ! Of
American citizenship. ~ Il = ",'y$ -
Resolved, Alao, that while We recocnize
the dieapproyal OF any naeeet,re presanted
to him by Congress is a Corat;tntionoI
prerogatiye OF the President, to be exer.
eiaod " him according to his discretion,
yet We canuot faal thet ,thip INVOLVES Also
the privilege ol going behind the bounda
OF that power to. officially fneult or slauder
the hroken.down and needy men to whom
the nation owes everything. z;s5fr .S. y.
Resolved, Also, that tho dependent pcn.
sion bill passed by the Forty.niuth Cnn.
gresa'aud vetoed by the Preaideut was fhe
lesst nesnure OF justice that could have
been asked OF the. actioa by the men to
whom,it owenitB salvation; chat It did not
repseaoat q 1.-THE OF what Is due those pal.
liant men, and that in refusing to approve
q bill which was asked toii BY the eratafal
people, petltioned for by, hundfeds Of
thonosnds p OF veterans, passed by
both 5Gi hounea Of ~ Congress BY
an unpaual msjority, snd which
would have rescued thousands a OF
as deserving soldiers as followed the flar
from tho cold charity Of the alms house.
tho preoent incumbent OF the otlice ot
President has violsted tho pIcdse made 70
tho aoldiers when they 'locked 10 the
standard OF their country at the time of
her greatest peril, has twarted the expraas
will OF q grateful people, and has inflicted
ir1eparrble cruelty upon those who should
be the objects OF the tendereat consider
atiQn.
L!-t IA LANDER. CHEF ELEcTEp.
On motion Of Gen. Wagner, Of Penn.
a committee was appointed to
get up Q testimonial to present to Com. ON,
msnder.in-O Chief Fairchild. "a. II
y The following were the nop,inations for
gomms,nder:iq; Ohiel i ior the ensuing year;
thdny and Gen. D. 3. Grier. eIocrm Tre.
ceiyed l53, Anthony 60, . Gsier IS, and
Rae 294. Sherman received one and
Warner, Of Missouri, ono; Rae was de-.
clared elected. q He was escorted 10 the
platform BY the defeated candidates., An
thony and Grler, and returned thanks in
6 neat 7 speech tof the honor conferred
upon him. .' n; -
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